The Nazi authorities have rounded up 20,000 Berlin Jews and are transporting them to forced labor projects in various parts of the Reich it was reliably learned here today. The Jews, aged 18 to 55, comprise mostly former doctors and professionals of all kinds. They are being used in construction work, unloading coal from freight trains, shoveling snow and cleaning streets.
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